Yamaha Shank Weights

[Kenneth Sloane]

                      Subject:                              Time:  9:02 PM
  OFFICE MEMO         Yamaha Shank Weights                  Date:  1/27/96

We use them at Oberlin on (gulp) Steinway pianos as diagnostic tools and
remedial parts. In regard to the former, it's a good way of approximating what
the change in sound and feel to an action would be with heavier hammers. In
regard to the latter, it's a quick fix for that action with worn  hammers that
doesn't sound too bad but is crying for the inertia lost from hammer wear. Try
them. The results are really interesting.

Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory